T. V. Bulpin

Thomas Victor Bulpin (1918-1999) was a South African writer.

He was a man of enormous talent and intellect, and a prolific writer. During his lifetime, he produced 29 books and over 2000 booklets, pamphlets, newspapers and magazine features, and travel videos, becoming the Doyen of African travel writers and a legend in his own lifetime. He died in 1999.

Most of his books are out of print, but are widely available on the secondhand market.

Have you ever asked yourself what it is that makes you want to travel? The well known South African travel writer, Tom Bulpin, sums it up like this:"The reason is easy to explain. The very essence of travel is excitement, the intellectual, personal and physical experience of venturing over the hills and far away, of seeing for yourself new places, meeting new people, making new friends, eating new foods, the fragrance of new flowers and plants, new sounds and melodies and the discovery for yourself of the natural and unnatural wonders of this wonderful planet Earth".

List of books (incomplete)

*The Ivory Trail
*Lost Trails on the Low Veld
*Shaka's Country
*To the Shores of Natal
*The Hunter is Death
*Islands in a forgotten Sea
*Trail of the Copper King
*The Golden Republic
*The White Whirlwind
*The Great Trek Natal and the Zulu Country
*Lost Trails of the Transvaal
*To the Banks of the Zambezi
*Low Veld Trails
*Discovering Southern Africa
*Tickey: The Story of a Clown
*Southern Africa: Land of Beauty and Splendor
*Scenic Wonders of Southern Africa
*Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa
*Stellenbosch
*Bvakenya